Get Your Hands Dirty
You probably know how large companies recruit junior executives fresh from a college MBA program. The outsider’s perception is that management immediately gives all new MBAs a beautiful office, incentives, and perks that put them on the fast track to the...
If You’ve Lost Your Way… Come Back to Your Purpose
If you’ve lost your way, it’s not too late to come back. I’m talking about what we see happening in a lot of non-profits these days. It’s where the organization has moved away from the deeper organizing purpose, and it’s become an organization with little heart and...
In Fundraising, It’s About the Problem, NOT the Process
Several weeks ago I sat in a long meeting discussing strategy with a group of major gift officers. We had asked program staff from the organization to attend, to give us resources for constructing donor offers. I should have brought a pillow to the meeting so I could...
A Great Deal of Non-Profit Management is Terrible
I want to preface all I’m going to say by telling you that Richard and I have worked – and continue to work – with some really great leaders and managers. They “get it.” They are forward-thinking, and they have vision and care for their people and donors. That being...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
